Architecture
The Brutalists: Brutalism's Best Architects
Phaidon Press, March 2023. Hardcover. As seen in Architectural Digest, Forbes, ELLE Decoration, and Design Milk An unprecedented survey of more than 250 architects who continue to define one of the most polarizing yet celebrated of styles Brutalist architecture inspires a passionate response, be it adulation or contempt. There is..... More
Affair with a House
Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, October 2005. Hardcover. Bunny Williams, one of the America's premier interior designers and John Rosselli, one of New York City's most respected antique dealers, reclaimed an 18th-century New England manor house. This book describes how they restored each room of this well-worn house and resurrected its..... More
Architect as Developer
McGraw-Hill Companies, January 1976. Hardcover. Tight binding; Sturdy cloth boards show moderate damp-staining at front and rear, spine clean; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket significantly worn w/ open tears present at edges of front and rear; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; A solid..... More
Ev-Arch of the 19th Century
Benedikt Taschen Verlag, February 1996. Hardcover. Tight binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good, mildly sun-faded at spine w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
Tomás Taveira
St Martins Pr, January 1991. Hardcover. Spine/hinges worn from use, binding still intact; Clean, sturdy red cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt at spine; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose. More
Philip Johnson: The Glass House
Pantheon, November 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Near Fine, housed in protective mylar to ensure furhter preservation; An exceptional copy, fit for any collector's library. More
La Tourette & Le Corbusier: Larchitecture du couvent et lattitude de larchitecte = the architecture of the monastery and the architects attitude
Delft University Press, January 1995. Soft Cover. Bilingual edition; Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Le Temps de Le Corbusier (French Edition)
Hermé, January 1987. Oversize Softcover. Text in French; Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-uncreased; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Le Corbusier: Architect of the century
Arts Council of Great Britain, January 1987. Oversize Softcover. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; A solid copy. More
Le Corbusier: Elements of a Synthesis
The MIT Press, September 1982. Paper Back. 'Originally published in Germany in 1968, this first comprehensive and critical survey of Le Corbusier's life and work soon became the standard text on the architect and polymath. French, Spanish, English, Japanese and Korean editions followed, but the book has now been out..... More
Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture
Mit Pr, January 1991. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. "James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art history has achieved in our time." -- Irving Lavin, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University These essays by one of..... More
Form and Structure in Architecture: The Role of Statical Function
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, December 1986. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. First printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, mildly edge-worn; Pages free of markings; A few wavy pages, likely due to exposure to moisture; Closed tear present at jacket spine-top, jacket otherwise VG, un-clipped; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to..... More
Mother's House
Rizzoli International Publications, October 1992. Oversize Softcover. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Ruskinian Gothic: The Architecture of Deane and Woodward, 1845-1861
Princeton University Press, May 1982. Oversized Hardcover. The description for this book, Ruskinian Gothic: The Architecture of Deane and Woodward, 1845-1861, will be forthcoming. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Price-clipped dust jacket VG, mildly edge-worn; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An..... More
Late Baroque & Rococo Architecture
Rizzoli International Publications, June 1991. Oversize Softcover. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
In the Footsteps of Le Corbusier
Rizzoli International Publications, April 1991. Oversize Softcover. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Mild sun-fading present at spine and edges; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Italian Baroque and Rococo Architecture
Oxford University Press, USA, March 1986. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. A study of the architecture in these styles throughout Italy and Sicily between 1575 and 1750, including such major figures as Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da Cortona. First printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy quarter cloth boards w/ slight bend from..... More
Philip Johnson (Makers of Contemporary Architecture series)
George Braziller, January 1962. Oversized Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, mildly edge-worn; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket moderately edge-worn w/ some chipping and open tears present; A solid copy over-all. More
Palladio and English Palladianism
Thames & Hudson, October 1983. Oversize Softcover. Gently used; Covers mildly worn/creased from handling; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
Architecture After Modernism (World of Art)
Thames & Hudson, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Within a context of social and political issues since the late 1960s, when the Modern Movement began to be challenged, Diane Ghirardo examines a broad range of "megaprojects" as paradigms of both public and private space. Ranging widely, the author covers everything from..... More
Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely
MIT Press (MA), May 1992. Hardcover. "Brilliant.... Anthony Vidler is a conceptual conjurer of formidable skill." -- J. Mordaunt Crook, "New York Times Book Review" The Architectural Uncanny presents an engaging and original series of meditations on issues and figures that are at the heart of the most pressing debates..... More
Behind the Postmodern Facade: Architectural Change in Late Twentieth-Century America
University of California Press, August 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter..... More
Skyscraper in American Art, 1890-1931 (Da Capo Press Pbk)
Da Capo Press, March 1990. Paper Back. A discussion of the various trends in American art and culture of the period, and the markedly different ways in which artists and designers reacted to the advent of the skyscraper. The book is illustrated and includes photographs by Alfred Stieglitz and Alvin..... More
Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Time (A 33)
Doubleday Anchor Book, January 1954. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Edgeworn with darkened spine and margins. Darkened/dust stained textblock edges. [199 pages]. More
